Valdosta News

A 22-year-old Moultrie man died Wednesday in a vehicle crash in Valdosta. Valdosta Police Commander Brian Childress said witnesses described the victim, identified as Joshua Broom, as traveling at a high rate of speed in a 2001 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck down Jerry Jones Drive.

On July 5, 2009 at approximately 2300 hours, two African American males entered the Krystal Restaurant at 2117 Bemiss Road and demanded money.

In September, Smith Northview Hospital will offer a new option. "We'll be opening September 1st--Youth & Pediatric Afterhours Clinic, 'Y-PAC.' We're really excited about it," says Chuck Roberts, Smith Northview's Assistant Administrator.

A suspect is arrested at his Florida home charged with robbing two Valdosta restaurants.

On July 5, 2009 at approximately 8:44 pm, a white male entered the Subway restaurant located inside the Walmart restaurant at 340 Norman Drive.

One man was shot to death early Sunday at Stone Creek Apartments, and another was seriously wounded.

Two fast-food restaurants were reportedly robbed Sunday night. A gun was used in the robbery of the Bemiss Road Krystal's, with shots fired as a witness pursued the robbers; police have a suspect in this case.

Just before 2:00 AM on Sunday, several men were arguing outside a nightclub called 'The House' on South Patterson Street.

Valdosta police are investigating the shooting death of one man and wounding of another in an apartment complex.

Around 1:30 Sunday morning, Valdosta Police responded to a call reporting multiple gunshots had been fired at the Stone Creek Apartments on Melody Lane.

Folks in Valdosta celebrated the Fourth of July with a Tea Party of their own. Posters, petitions, and patriotic people filled the sidewalks of Ashley Street in Valdosta, protesting against taxes and government spending.

Four people were killed in a two vehicle accident on I-75. State troopers have confirmed the crash happened around 2:30 a.m. near mile marker 16 in Lowndes County.

Last week amidst the hubbub of celebrity deaths, Valdosta lost one of its own shining lights.

Road rage may have been behind an early morning fiery crash that took the lives of four people Thursday.

A complaint regarding missing items from the Valdosta Technical College campus led to the arrest of a Valdosta man.

The state Department of Transportation says four people have been killed in the collision of a passenger vehicle and a rental truck on I-75 near Valdosta.

Four people died early Thursday in a wreck that shut down the southbound lanes of I-75 in Lowndes County.

Two men arrested in connection with an area home invasion have been indicted. The Lowndes County Grand Jury recently indicted Darius Sherman, 21, and Calvin Foster Junior, 19, for allegedly committing a 2008 home invasion at a home in the 2400 block of Jerry Jones Drive.

The City of Valdosta Public Works Department will be closed on Friday in observance of Independence Day.

The trial of a former Clinch County judge facing federal corruption charges has been postponed after he suffered life-threatening complications from a ruptured appendix.